Community Colleges with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Community Colleges with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by debt / annual earnings. Median federal debt divided by median 10-year annual earnings. These are different cohorts; this is not a repayment timeline. Public two-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. This page lists all 775 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Reedley CollegeReedley, California0.07×$1k$7k5%$38k42%5,50420 mi 2Laredo CollegeLaredo, Texas0.09×$3k$6k10%$34k30%5,8182 mi 3Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, Illinois0.10×$5k$6k16%$39k49%1,92055 mi 4Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia0.10×$3k$6k8%$33k42%3,3664 mi 5Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas0.10×$2k$9k26%$46k24%3,34226 mi 6De Anza CollegeCupertino, California0.10×$2k$7k6%$57k68%15,2649 mi 7Barstow Community CollegeBarstow, California0.10×$1k$13k8%$35k39%2,65765 mi 8Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California0.10×$1k$6k8%$43k34%17,12122 mi 9San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California0.10×$1k$6k16%$45k35%16,0986 mi 10Fresno City CollegeFresno, California0.11×$1k$8k6%$37k24%21,2512 mi 11Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois0.11×$4k$5k25%$48k37%6,07218 mi 12Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California0.11×$1k$13k7%$40k36%18,61411 mi 13Butler Technology and Career Development SchoolsMonroe, Ohio0.11×——0%$57k76%59624 mi 14Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California0.11×$1k$2k12%$45k48%10,57926 mi 15College of the SequoiasVisalia, California0.12×$1k$4805%$39k39%11,56239 mi 16Cascadia CollegeBothell, Washington0.12×$5k$12k27%$54k32%1,03213 mi 17City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois0.12×$5k$8k11%$38k27%2,78910 mi 18Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California0.12×$1k$14k4%$45k25%15,68412 mi 19Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, Texas0.12×$2k$5k0%$46k56%2,62249 mi 20Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, Massachusetts0.12×$6k$7k26%$53k17%3,83711 mi 21Pratt Community CollegePratt, Kansas0.13×$4k$10k15%$52k45%57976 mi 22Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California0.13×$1k$6k7%$46k45%26,14023 mi 23Arizona Western CollegeYuma, Arizona0.13×$3k$9k9%$37k20%6,374150 mi 24Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California0.13×$1k$2k8%$49k57%10,28631 mi 25Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina0.13×$2k$11k33%$37k35%2,74141 mi 26Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia0.13×$4k$10k9%$34k31%3,9234 mi 27Chandler-Gilbert Community CollegeChandler, Arizona0.14×$2k$13k8%$51k30%5,05119 mi 28McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois0.14×$4k$7k20%$45k37%4,69137 mi 29Carl Sandburg CollegeGalesburg, Illinois0.14×$5k$4k15%$35k50%1,05147 mi 30San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California0.14×$1k$3k12%$48k48%11,27114 mi 31Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas0.14×$3k$3k15%$39k11%9,5013 mi 32Middlesex Community CollegeBedford, Massachusetts0.14×$6k$3k21%$51k23%5,41216 mi 33Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan0.14×$4k$2k32%$42k18%13,87613 mi 34St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri0.15×$3k$6k21%$42k25%5,01726 mi 35GateWay Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona0.15×$2k$13k24%$46k29%4,5384 mi 36GateWay Community College-Central CityPhoenix, Arizona0.15×—$14k0%$46k55%5951 mi 37Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas0.15×$3k$8k15%$37k38%2,20495 mi 38Paradise Valley Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona0.15×$2k$12k25%$47k19%5,11715 mi 39Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin0.15×$5k$10k8%$47k50%1,88643 mi 40College of the MainlandTexas City, Texas0.15×$2k$1k12%$40k31%3,36834 mi 41Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California0.15×$1k$4k9%$44k48%21,46610 mi 42Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California0.15×$1k$3k15%$42k36%21,44013 mi 43Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas0.15×$2k$9k26%$49k20%26,44928 mi 44Garden City Community CollegeGarden City, Kansas0.16×$4k$8k16%$42k50%1,474193 mi 45City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois0.16×$5k$6k15%$42k31%4,37210 mi 46Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, Illinois0.16×$4k$11k20%$45k39%5,72143 mi 47Seward County Community CollegeLiberal, Kansas0.16×$4k$7k15%$41k50%1,166137 mi 48City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois0.16×$5k$7k13%$37k26%4,2071 mi 49Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanola, New Mexico0.16×$6k$7k20%$38k29%92671 mi 50Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California0.16×$1k$3k7%$44k31%22,48529 mi 51Renton Technical CollegeRenton, Washington0.16×$6k$8k12%$50k46%1,78311 mi 52Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois0.16×$4k$2k12%$39k58%2,44872 mi 53Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona0.16×$2k$12k20%$43k16%11,97511 mi 54Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois0.16×$3k$6k18%$46k41%6,64837 mi 55Rend Lake CollegeIna, Illinois0.16×$5k$9k13%$36k63%1,17574 mi 56Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado0.16×$2k$11k6%$42k40%3,63548 mi 57Central Texas CollegeKilleen, Texas0.16×$4k$10k25%$41k11%6,24749 mi 58Southern Arkansas University TechCamden, Arkansas0.16×$5k$9k5%$36k62%67281 mi 59Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona0.17×$2k$12k23%$41k14%8,5552 mi 60Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York0.17×$7k$5k14%$50k29%14,21832 mi 61Golden West CollegeHuntington Beach, California0.17×$1k$5k11%$43k49%9,03426 mi 62CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York0.17×$5k$6k18%$43k28%7,67010 mi 63Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin0.17×$5k$10k7%$45k45%3,25787 mi 64Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale, Arizona0.17×$2k$13k31%$48k17%5,37712 mi 65Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii0.17×$3k$7k16%$45k25%1,8971 mi 66Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah0.17×$4k$10k14%$48k29%18,1367 mi 67Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida0.17×$3k$9k19%$42k41%21,9567 mi 68Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondale, Arizona0.17×$2k$12k12%$44k32%4,51216 mi 69Rockland Community CollegeSuffern, New York0.17×$7k$11k19%$50k29%3,83429 mi 70Lake-Sumter State CollegeLeesburg, Florida0.17×$3k$6k22%$40k48%4,17732 mi 71East Central Community CollegeDecatur, Mississippi0.17×$4k$5k15%$32k36%1,52063 mi 72Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona0.17×$2k$12k21%$44k16%14,46012 mi 73Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah0.17×$4k$6k19%$41k46%3,54998 mi 74Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, Texas0.17×$3k$5k30%$45k27%4,58553 mi 75Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegeFennimore, Wisconsin0.17×$5k$13k3%$43k66%1,31363 mi 76Illinois Eastern Community CollegesOlney, Illinois0.17×$5k$10k16%$38k63%1,63459 mi 77San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California0.17×$1k$2k8%$43k35%15,7813 mi 78Allen County Community CollegeIola, Kansas0.17×$4k$9k30%$40k37%81092 mi 79Southwest Texas CollegeUvalde, Texas0.17×$3k$7k11%$36k31%3,30676 mi 80Northeast Alabama Community CollegeRainsville, Alabama0.17×$5k$3k5%$35k56%1,62940 mi 81Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina0.18×$5k$2k10%$37k28%5,00624 mi 82Frederick Community CollegeFrederick, Maryland0.18×$4k$9k24%$46k37%4,20343 mi 83Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona0.18×$2k$3k16%$40k28%14,2425 mi 84Enterprise State Community CollegeEnterprise, Alabama0.18×$5k$13k19%$43k42%1,58579 mi 85Western Texas CollegeSnyder, Texas0.18×$3k$4k22%$43k53%59983 mi 86Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona0.18×$2k$8k18%$38k30%3,09662 mi 87Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts0.18×$6k$6k14%$37k32%4,7591 mi 88Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas0.18×$3k$7k14%$42k53%5,11624 mi 89CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York0.18×$5k$6k16%$42k24%11,2544 mi 90Meridian Community CollegeMeridian, Mississippi0.18×$4k$6k12%$31k34%2,15685 mi 91Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland0.18×$4k$15k19%$46k31%8,99717 mi 92Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi0.18×$4k$8k15%$36k45%5,45236 mi 93Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida0.18×$3k$15k20%$42k39%24,92225 mi 94Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois0.18×$4k$3k15%$38k44%2,48722 mi 95CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York0.18×$5k$5k19%$42k25%18,6231 mi 96County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey0.18×$6k$9k17%$50k36%5,36032 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.